Writers Blog

What is formatting? Simply put, formatting is taking your document and ensuring that it conforms to the style guide or publishing manual of your school or publisher. “Well, that’s easy enough; I can do that myself,” you say smugly. Of course you can! But when your document is 100 pages or more long and...

What’s the difference between proofreading and editing? Many people assume they are one and the same, but they’re not. Does it matter which option you choose when you have a document edited? Well, that depends on what you want from your editing experience. Do you want nothing more than a quick read-through...

“I’ve written this great article/short story, and I am submitting work to magazines for possible publication, but I’m not sure how to go about that—isn’t it pretty difficult?” Submitting work to magazines is not as mysterious or difficult a process as you’d think; in fact, it can be quite easy if you...

Sloppy writing can make you a sloppy researcher in a reader’s eyes. Your instructor may not be too forgiving about a bunch of typos or an incorrect citation in your paper either. While a professional editor can help you avoid many of these problems, make sure you know exactly what services to request....

What are the responsibilities of a technical writer? Technical writers gather information from specific subject areas (e.g., computer science, engineering, manufacturing, the general sciences) and use excellent grammatical, punctuation and writing skills to produce written products for communication...